Article 20Applications, etc. under Article 27, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the amending Act
第二十条（改正法附則第二十七条第一項の申請等）
An application pursuant to the provisions of Article 27, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the amending Act must be made by submitting one written application in Appended Form No. 15 and one photograph.
改正法附則第二十七条第一項の規定による申請は、別記第十五号様式による申請書一通及び写真一葉を提出して行わなければならない。
In filing the application referred to in the preceding paragraph, the applicant must present their passport and registration certificate. In this case, a special permanent resident who is unable to present their passport must submit one document stating the reason therefor.
In the case of filing the application referred to in paragraph (1) for a special permanent resident (meaning a special permanent resident prescribed in the Special Act on the Immigration Control of, inter alia, those who have lost Japanese Nationality pursuant to the Treaty of Peace with Japan (Act No. 71 of 1991; hereinafter referred to as the "Special Act"); the same applies hereinafter) who is under 16 years of age on the effective date of the amending Act, submission of a photograph is not required; provided, however, that this does not apply where the Minister of Justice requires its submission.
改正法施行日に十六歳に満たない特別永住者（日本国との平和条約に基づき日本の国籍を離脱した者等の出入国管理に関する特例法（平成三年法律第七十一号。以下「特例法」という。）に定める特別永住者をいう。以下同じ。）について第一項の申請をする場合は、写真の提出を要しない。ただし、法務大臣が提出を要するとした場合は、この限りでない。
The document of which the mayor of the municipality makes a copy pursuant to the provisions of Article 22, paragraph (1) of the Cabinet Order on the Arrangement of Related Cabinet Orders and on Transitional Measures upon the Enforcement of the Act Partially Amending the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act and the Special Act on the Immigration Control of, Inter Alia, Those Who Have Lost Japanese Nationality Pursuant to the Treaty of Peace with Japan, and Other Matters (Cabinet Order No. 421 of 2011; hereinafter referred to as the "Arrangement and Transitional Measures Cabinet Order") and sends the copy to the Minister of Justice is the passport presented pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2).
出入国管理及び難民認定法及び日本国との平和条約に基づき日本の国籍を離脱した者等の出入国管理に関する特例法の一部を改正する等の法律の施行に伴う関係政令の整備及び経過措置に関する政令（平成二十三年政令第四百二十一号。以下「整備及び経過措置政令」という。）第二十二条第一項の規定により市町村の長が写しを作成し、当該写しを法務大臣に送付する書類は、第二項の規定により提示された旅券とする。
The cases specified by Ministry of Justice Order prescribed in Article 13, paragraph (4) of the Supplementary Provisions of the amending Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 27, paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions of the amending Act are the cases set forth in the following items.
改正法附則第二十七条第三項において準用する改正法附則第十三条第四項に規定する法務省令で定める場合は、次の各号に掲げる場合とする。
a case where a person set forth in (a) or (b) below carries out, on behalf of a special permanent resident, the procedures for the submission of the written application, etc. prescribed in paragraph (1) and the presentation, etc. of the passport, etc. prescribed in paragraph (2) (for a person set forth in (a), limited to a case where the person does so at the request of the special permanent resident or of the person who must act on behalf of the special permanent resident pursuant to Article 13, paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions of the amending Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 27, paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions of the amending Act; for a person set forth in (b), excluding a case where the person acts on behalf of the special permanent resident pursuant to Article 13, paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions of the amending Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 27, paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions of the amending Act):
an attorney or administrative scrivener who has notified, via the bar association or administrative scrivener association to which they belong, the director of the regional immigration bureau with jurisdiction over the location thereof;
弁護士又は行政書士で所属する弁護士会又は行政書士会を経由してその所在地を管轄する地方入国管理局長に届け出たもの
a legal representative of the special permanent resident.
当該特別永住者の法定代理人
in addition to the case prescribed in the preceding item, a case where, if a special permanent resident is under 16 years of age or is unable, due to illness or other grounds, to make the application under Article 27, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the amending Act by themselves, a relative of the special permanent resident (excluding a person aged 16 or older who lives with the special permanent resident), or a cohabitant (excluding a relative of the special permanent resident) or a person equivalent thereto who is found appropriate by the Minister of Justice, carries out, on behalf of the special permanent resident, the procedures for the submission of the written application, etc. prescribed in paragraph (1) and the presentation, etc. of the passport, etc. prescribed in paragraph (2).
A person who, before the date of enforcement of the provisions of Article 27 of the Supplementary Provisions of the amending Act (excluding paragraph (5)), has notified the director of the regional immigration bureau pursuant to the provisions of Article 6-2, paragraph (4), item (ii) or Article 19, paragraph (3), item (ii) of the Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control Act is deemed to be a person who has notified the director of the regional immigration bureau pursuant to the provisions of item (i), sub-item (a) of the preceding paragraph.
改正法附則第二十七条（第五項を除く。）の規定の施行の日前に入管法施行規則第六条の二第四項第二号又は第十九条第三項第二号の規定により地方入国管理局長に届け出た者は、前項第一号イの規定により地方入国管理局長に届け出た者とみなす。
A person who intends to make, on behalf of a special permanent resident, the application under the provisions of Article 27, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the amending Act pursuant to Article 13, paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions of the amending Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 27, paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions of the amending Act must present or explain to the mayor of the municipality materials that clarify that the person is a person who must act on behalf of the special permanent resident pursuant to Article 13, paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions of the amending Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 27, paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions of the amending Act.
改正法附則第二十七条第一項の規定による申請を、同条第三項において準用する改正法附則第十三条第三項の規定により特別永住者に代わってしようとする者は、市町村の長に対し、改正法附則第二十七条第三項において準用する改正法附則第十三条第三項の規定により特別永住者に代わってしなければならない者であることを明らかにする資料の提示又は説明をしなければならない。
In the case where a special permanent resident is not required to appear in person to perform the act prescribed in Article 27, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the amending Act pursuant to Article 13, paragraph (4) of the Supplementary Provisions of the amending Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 27, paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions of the amending Act, a person who intends to perform that act on behalf of the special permanent resident, or a person who intends to carry out the procedures for the submission of the written application, etc. prescribed in paragraph (1) and the presentation, etc. of the passport, etc. prescribed in paragraph (2), must present or explain to the mayor of the municipality materials that clarify that the case falls under that case.
The provisions of laws and regulations specified by Ministry of Justice Order prescribed in Article 8, paragraph (3) of the Special Act, with regard to the special permanent resident certificate (meaning the special permanent resident certificate prescribed in Article 7 of the Special Act; the same applies hereinafter) to be issued pursuant to the provisions of Article 27, paragraph (5) of the Supplementary Provisions of the amending Act on the basis of an application deemed to be an application under the provisions of Article 27, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the amending Act pursuant to the provisions of Article 27, paragraph (4) of the Supplementary Provisions of the amending Act, are Article 6, paragraph (1), Article 6-2, paragraphs (1) and (2) and Article 11, paragraph (1) of the former Alien Registration Act.
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